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  • Investment and Trading Books

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
    If you read all of the investment books below, you will probably have a broader knowledge of investments than any financial planner you will ever meet. They are only roughly sorted by subject, but at the bottom of the list there is a selection of...

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  • Investment Banking Internship Reading List

    Posted on February 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Many invesment banks send their interns reading lists so that they can prepare for their internship. Here is what the reading list from a main bank looked like last year: BOOKS • Stocks, Bonds, Options, Futures (Stuart R. Veale, New York Institute Of Finance) • Inside the Yield...

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  • Swine Flu: Economic Implications

    Posted on April 30, 2009 | 5 Comments
    The virus responsible for this outbreak of swine flu belongs to the type A, which comprises four main strains: H1N1, H1N2, H3N2 e H3N1. Most of the cases detected so far have been affected by the H1N1 type. H1N1 is the same strain that causes...

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  • Inflation/Deflation

    Posted on April 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Over the next decade, the critical element in any investment portfolio will be the correct call regarding inflation or its antipode, deflation. Despite near term deflation risks, the overwhelming consensus view is that “sooner or later” inflation will inevitably return, probably with great momentum. This...

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  • Mean ignorant monkeys vs median jumping clowns

    Posted on April 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Occasionally a bored business publication, goes to the zoo, rents a monkey and pits him or her against a mutual fund manager.  Lo and behold the monkey who doesn’t know a beta from a bunghole beats a significant majority of the active managers.  Barron’s should...

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  • Investment vs Speculation

    Posted on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
    In this website we mainly deal with investment, but every now and then some speculation aspect comes up. They are two very different concepts and two different approaches to the financial markets, so even if they are often used interchangeably, it is important to be clear about...

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  • I love Kiva

    Posted on March 24, 2009 | No Comments
    For those not familiar, Kiva (www.kiva.org) is a person-to-person micro-lending site that allows individuals, primarily from developed countries, to lend directly to entrepreneurs in the developing world.  The borrowers are in places like Cambodia, Bolivia, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Peru, and Tanzania — and primarily borrow to...

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